Pacquiao fans: Why did he fight David Diaz at 135 instead of Nate Campbell?

[ShoulderRoll]

Neither.................

You're being disingenuous. Campbell held the WBA, WBO, and IBF belts all at once.

David Diaz was very lucky to get the decision against old Erik Morales to win his WBC belt. Many thought he lost that fight.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

You're being disingenuous. Campbell held the WBA, WBO, and IBF belts all at once.

David Diaz was very lucky to get the decision against old Erik Morales to win his WBC belt. Many thought he lost that fight.

Campbell was pretty sh** though.

He had one good win in a close fight against Juan Diaz.

I’d give both Campbell and David Diaz the exact same chance to beat Pacquiao and that’s no f***ing chance.

[Ca$ual Fan]

You're being disingenuous. Campbell held the WBA, WBO, and IBF belts all at once.

David Diaz was very lucky to get the decision against old Erik Morales to win his WBC belt. Many thought he lost that fight.

Campbell was also lucky J.Diaz’s weakness was his lack of punching power that’s why his fighting style was made to order by even a journeyman like Campbell. Some would even say he’s lucky to get a decision against J.diaz.

Campbell wasn’t the one who unified belts. He’s a one shot wonder who never had any other highlights after the Diaz fight.

[strykr619]

A GGG ball washer to boot. Nice.

Bet we can expect some good logic out of you.

You really should take a break from this thread, you look like Joe ***** atm when he doing his digital rallies.

[QueensburyRules]

You're being disingenuous. Campbell held the WBA, WBO, and IBF belts all at once.

David Diaz was very lucky to get the decision against old Erik Morales to win his WBC belt. Many thought he lost that fight.

- -Campbell lucky he weren't kicked out of boxing as are U.

Whiny dumbos.

[koolkc107]

So much nonsense...

So choosing Baldomir over Margarito is fine with you, yet you have an issue with Pacquiao facing David Diaz over Nate Campbell...

Manny needing one of the four...

If you wanna believe Pacquiao ducked the legendary Nate Campbell that’s fine with me...

Again, this thread was about Manny.

You have no take, so you drag Mayweather into it AND you assert things that are factually incorrect. Mayweather didn't avoid Margarito. Arum didn't meet his asking price so he fought Baldomir, who at the time actually held the lineal title- which is the same argument YOUR GOOFY AZZ just tried to make about Casamayor maybe being a better argument about who Manny should have fought.

I see you avoided answering my questions so I will help you. Baldomir was as good or better a choice than Margarito. And he held the lineal and the WBC, not the more lightly regarded WBO that Cheato had. Baldomir had back to back wins over Judah and Gatti while Cheato's best win at the time was over Kermit Cintron. Baldomir hadn't lost a fight in almost 8 years while Margarito had lost 2 years earlier.

You can't run smack about folks not remembering what was going on around that time when you yourself continue to display such a huge amount of ignorance about it.

And there's more.

You have this funny thing you do where I write something and you read something else.

I have never said that Manny wouldn't have beaten Campbell. Truth is, we don't know. Truth is, Manny has had problems his whole career with skilled fighters and Nate was certainly that.

Manny wanted a BELT won off a sanctioned champion. He chose the easiest one.

Nothing you've said rebuts that fact.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Again, this thread was about Manny.

You have no take, so you drag Mayweather into it AND you assert things that are factually incorrect. Mayweather didn't avoid Margarito. Arum didn't meet his asking price so he fought Baldomir, who at the time actually held the lineal title- which is the same argument YOUR GOOFY AZZ just tried to make about Casamayor maybe being a better argument about who Manny should have fought.

I see you avoided answering my questions so I will help you. Baldomir was as good or better a choice than Margarito. And he held the lineal and the WBC, not the more lightly regarded WBO that Cheato had. Baldomir had back to back wins over Judah and Gatti while Cheato's best win at the time was over Kermit Cintron. Baldomir hadn't lost a fight in almost 8 years while Margarito had lost 2 years earlier.

You can't run smack about folks not remembering what was going on around that time when you yourself continue to display such a huge amount of ignorance about it.

And there's more.

You have this funny thing you do where I write something and you read something else.

I have never said that Manny wouldn't have beaten Campbell. Truth is, we don't know. Truth is, Manny has had problems his whole career with skilled fighters and Nate was certainly that.

Manny wanted a BELT won off a sanctioned champion. He chose the easiest one.

Nothing you've said rebuts that fact.

There was actually an offer for Mayweather to fight Margarito.

There were never even negotiations for Pacquiao to fight Campbell.

There was clearly far more scope for Mayweather-Margarito than there ever was for Pacquiao-Campbell.

You’re delusional opinion lacks consistency making it bias. How can you be ok with one yet take issue with the other?

Do you not realise how ridiculous your argument sounds?

What great skills did Nate Campbell have? Have you even watched him fight?

I don’t have an issue with Mayweather fighting Baldomir over Margarito cause he would of beaten either easily. Did he avoid Margarito? No he had no reason to.

I don’t have a problem with Pacquiao apparently fighting Diaz over Campbell as he’d have beaten either easily. Did he avoid Campbell? No he had no reason to.

My opinion; consistent and unbiased...


I’m just gonna bury this now- we’ll agree to disagree. There’s no point going back and forth about potential mismatches that never even happened cause it’s just f***ing ******.

You’ll only be wasting your own time by replying in depth cause I ain’t even gonna read it. This whole argument is pointless...

[koolkc107]

There was actually an offer for Mayweather to fight Margarito.

There were never even negotiations for Pacquiao to fight Campbell.

There was clearly far more scope for Mayweather-Margarito than there ever was for Pacquiao-Campbell.

You’re delusional opinion lacks consistency making it bias. How can you be ok with one yet take issue with the other?

Do you not realise how ridiculous your argument sounds?

What great skills did Nate Campbell have? Have you even watched him fight?

I don’t have an issue with Mayweather fighting Baldomir over Margarito cause he would of beaten either easily. Did he avoid Margarito? No he had no reason to.

I don’t have a problem with Pacquiao apparently fighting Diaz over Campbell as he’d have beaten either easily. Did he avoid Campbell? No he had no reason to.

My opinion; consistent and unbiased...


I’m just gonna bury this now- we’ll agree to disagree. There’s no point going back and forth about potential mismatches that never even happened cause it’s just f***ing ******.

You’ll only be wasting your own time by replying in depth cause I ain’t even gonna read it. This whole argument is pointless...

There you go again with the Pac Fan Boy go to move.

This thread is titled "Pacquiao fans: Why did he fight David Diaz at 135 instead of Nate Campbell"

You see the name "Floyd Mayweather" anywhere in that title?

But, you brought him up anyway, didn't you?

Pathetic.

If you know there was an offer to Margarito, then you should know why the fight didn't happen AND you should know there is no comparison to be made between that situation and the one Pacquiao was in.

So either you are ignorant of the whole story or you are being obtuse on purpose because the whole story doesn't fit the false narrative you're selling.

And no, there weren't negotiations for Campbell- that's exactly the point, you idiot.

There should have been at least a feeler put out if the idea is to fight the best guy possible at the weight.

We know David Diaz WAS NOT that.

But, instead of even floating the idea to Nate Campbell, they made the David Diaz fight BEFORE Pac fought JMM the second time, with Diaz only having to beat Montano (which he had a little difficulty doing, actually).

For the last time, this isn't about "what you don't have a problem with". This isn't about "what Floyd Mayweather did".

This is about Manny Pacquiao and the fact that when faced with the equal opportunity to face David Diaz or Nate Campbell (or even Casamayor as you yourself pointed out), he chose the easiest opponent available.

Again, nothing you've said in this thread refutes that fact or rebuts the question asked in the OP.

So yeah, bury it.

Shut up and so will I.

[AKAcronym]

Can't believe people still argue about this ****.

[BoloShot]

Why didn't it happen in 2008 after the Diaz fight?

That question is too dumb to justify an answer for. You know why. Also considering Campbell didn't make weight for those titles and lost them the next fight, I think he'd have ****ed up that opportunity anyhow.